M&A Turnaround Strategy

Description
The impact of the global pandemic, volatile stock markets, and slowed economic outlook across the globe has hurt the performance of enterprises across the world. The scenario has forced leaders to consider undertaking Transformation of their Strategy and Operations significantly. The strategy to buy out troubled businesses and determining to fix the issues that upset the target companies has been a focus of Buyers’ senior leadership for the past 2 decades.

A Turnaround can be defined as the financial recovery of an economy or an organization after a period of inertia or downturn. A number of issues can trigger a Downturn--e.g. issues pertaining to technological disruption, regulations, processes, organization's financial health, management, business model, hierarchy, or competition.

In order to materialize a Turnaround, Leadership needs to thoroughly understand the root cause(s) of the Downturn, have a willingness and plan to reform or transform, and rigorously implement the Strategy to rectify the situation--in other words, Business Transformation Execution.

There has been an increasing trend for business leaders worldwide to contemplate, plan, and carry out M&A of troubled businesses to create value.

This deck outlines a robust strategy to M&A Turnaround based on lessons learnt from empirical research on the subject. The strategy revolves around 4 key M&A Deal Characteristics that have a profound impact on the outcome of an M&A transaction:

1. Level of Performance
2. Sector Alignment
3. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Factors
4. Deal Size

The presentation also discusses 6 factors critical for the success of an M&A deal.

The slide deck also includes some slide templates for you to use in your own business presentations.